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“Practice turn” can potentially influence both the theory and methods applied in EU studies. This paper attempts to grasp the most important features of this approach, as they could prove relevant to the study of decision-making at the European level. The point of departure is a research project on the role of socialisation mechanisms in the Council of the European Union, which was rooted in constructivism and used process tracing type case studies as its main method. The paper explores the principles and promises of practice turn and, more generally, of interpretive social science. It describes methods and practical considerations of tracing practices and studying the understandings they contain. Showing the limitations of a more conventional approach to issues such as supranational socialisation and decision-making, the paper argues for practice-oriented research by describing the opportunities and advantages it offers.
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Internal migration is the movement that occurs in the area of the country. It consists in the fact that one of the family members (usually male) is working constantly outside the home. Permanent absence of one parent causes the systematic weakness of the family ties and loosen of the relationship which exist between family members. The consequence of the work of one of the parents outside the home is to change the structure, organization and functions of the family and the scope of the role of parents. In families temporarily incomplete appears disorganization, generates anxiety and there is uncertainty in people who remain in the home, especially in children. Labour migration one of the parent significantly loosens family ties resulting in the disruption of the family in many areas of life. This leads to the usually considerable partial or significant dysfunction.
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The article includes the definition of a family, indicating, that it is an example of perfectly created direct contacts, standing for a group of people, who are going towards the common aim, that is also a separated whole. The text also shows the interiorization of values which happen in the social – educational process and the hierarchy of Maslov is presented, ttoo. Next, the article presents the still developing process of family pathology, which emerges from the interfamily relations, where communicative disorders between the relatives can be observed. The dysfunctional family was characterized and the types of the family disintegration were extracted as well as the factors which have an influence on this disintegration, which cause the disorders in family functioning. At last the main social problems of modern families were depicted, which constitute the base of using the social welfare such as helplessness in social-educational issues, unemployment, the long-term or serious illness, the need of maternity security, violence in family and poverty.
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In 1990s the interest in completely different approach to work with the family increased in Poland, what resulted in the passage of a new act on 9th of June 2011 which is applicable until today - the Act of supporting family and foster care system. This is the first act emphasizing in its title the significance of the family, proposing completely new and complementary approach to issues of helping and supporting family in raising children. It covers all aspects of help and support system of the family. The most import ant principle of the social work with the family is a child's welfare - its safety and ties with the biological family and by extension - working not only ,,for'' the family, but mainly ,,with'' family. The aim of social assistance and social worker is to give aid to the family in overcoming difficult life situations which they cannot cope with themselves. The foster care system should work so that family forms of foster care dominate the institutional custody and also child's residence outside the family has got only a temporary nature. By a new act of the law the legislator unambiguously focused on the primacy of the family and on its support in crisis situations.
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Adult Children of Alcoholics are people who during their childhood experienced suffering physical or mental health due to alcohol addiction of one or both parents. In his adult life they reveal themselves in their characteristic personality traits that jeopardize the proper functioning of their family procreation. They often acquire behavioral model father an alcoholic. In addition, they have a sense of dim, insecurity, self-critical. Often they fall into alcoholism as a learned behavior model father or mother of the family of origin.
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The school is a very important element in the life of a child at any age. During schoolage children feel responsible for their assigned homework and tasks ordered by the teacher. Sometimes, however, a child seems to lack proper motivation to carry out school duties, and the absent parent living abroad does not help either. Such situation might cause a backlog of school work, the lack of activity in the classroom, and consequently aversion to school, teachers and peers in the class. This situation can be experienced by the children staying in the country with one parent only for a long time or left with a temporary guardian during the departure of both parents from Poland. This problem is extremely important and still up to date, because, as the statistical data show, the number of Polish migrants is continuously increasing year by year, and many of them are mothers or fathers leaving their families in Poland and in them their offspring. This article attempts to answer the question: what school results are achieved by the children experiencing the absence of parents at home as a result of their migration, and, what is especially interesting, whether the longer absence of parents affects school grades that children get and their relationships with their peers?
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The article describes educational activities of the Fundacja Zielony Promień aimed at customer financial awareness and banking services. The first part of the article presents the foundation and its major fields of interest. The above mentioned framework refers to reports which arethe starting point of the low level of financial knowledge of Poles. On the basis of the presented results it may be stated that the economic attitudes are at the low level. That may cause problems in dealing with financial institutions and financial management to people who were imprisoned. The second part of the article tackles the problem of attitude and the ability to create attitudes by appropriate means offered by the foundation. As a result, the foundation calls for development of new educational tools which allow to create particular attitudes, and not only the knowledge which rarely follows desired behaviour.
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Despite growing interest in the subject of life satisfaction of people in senioral age, the topic of personal predispositions determining the level of seniors' satisfaction still leaves room for consideration for research psychologists and practitioners. The object of the study is the role of selected personality traits in life satisfaction of people aged 60+. The study involved 106 people aged 60 and over, students of the University of the Third Age. The study used: Satisfaction with Life Scale SWLS, Measurement Resilience Scale SPP-25, INTE questionnaire, Scale for the Measurement Type D-DS 14. The obtained correlation factors and regression analysis results confirmed the role of resilience and D type of behavior in life satisfaction of people in senioral age.
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Nowadays, the prevention programs are held in schools too late and in an accidental forms. This is not only in Poland, but in Europe. Meanwhile in order to talk abut bullying or violence prevention, these programs should start at early school stage and be of long term character. The paper tries to persuade how important im is to teach social competences in early age of children and where to start in an institutional form. As an example of effective prevention programme, it is given an international Project co-funded by European Commission within Erasmus+ framework: „Stronger Children. Less Violence 2.”
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Metacognition is one of the key aspects of child’s learning potential, responsible for future cognitive self‐regulation, statistically important predictor of learning effectiveness. Its developmental sources are grounded in “naïve theories of mind”, shaped in early childhood in family environment. The aim of this article is to present the construct of “metacognitive awareness”, to explain its developmental paths, and to analyze these aspects of family pedagogical culture which are responsible for shaping child’s ability to reflect on one’s own thinking.
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All parents wish for their child to be the most … in everyrespect but not all of them are aware that it is the parents who make the most significant contribution to their children’s future. The family is the first and natural environment for the child and the parents are the first teachers and educators, who teach the child first habits, social standards and behaviours. In the first developmental periods the family has a strong and significant influence in many spheres and is necessary for the child’s proper development. From the family children gain strength for their own mental and physical development. Children’s future, their social position, educational achievements, socialization, aesthetic and spiritual values depend on the quality of the family, its educational, cultural and material awareness. In the family children acquire multilateral experience, which is of vital importance for their development. The family sets the course of the child’s life, which is worth demonstrating and has been presented in this article.
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Contemporary thoughts on factors conditioning the value of human potential take into consideration the significance of its qualitative features. Competencies and human relationships have been precisely, among others, pointed out as important qualitative features of human capital. They also play an important role in stimulation of developmental potential in adults. In a process of enhancing the value of human capital in adults, not only their competency potential is important but also competencies themselves, attitudes and mindset of persons professionally involved in this process. The level of social competencies as well as the level of interpersonal relationships are important determinants in a process of building a new solidarity between generations in educational, consulting and mentoring processes. Thoughts on this subject are supported by conclusions coming from the personal studies, consulting and project experience of the author of this research paper.
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Social workers enhance their professional competence in many forms of education, including the key role of professional specialization training I and II degree. Among the many areas of expertise to obtain level II, there is a possibility of orientation training to work with the elderly. In an article based on the experience of participants in level II specialization in the profession of social worker, pursued in the regional centre of social policy in the Opole have undergone analysis of social projects, for the role played in the process of professional development of people working with seniors. The text refers to the problem as far as analyzed form of training contributes to the development of innovative thinking in the area of work with the elderly and relates to the issue of institutional and structural barriers to the implementation of these innovative forms within the scope of the everyday functioning of units of assistance and social integration.
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The dynamic development of the global society in recent decades, resulting in the formation of a new model of family life. Requirements economic and business of modern life escalate the changes in the labor market. Both men and women turn on more often in current competitiveness in the performance of their jobs. Career for many young women, including marital and partner becomes paramount. Parenting and family for these people is a secondary value. This phenomenon can result in unfavorable demographic situation and the care and upbringing in contemporary society.
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The issue addressed in the publication has been placedwithin a qualitative methodology framework. The study involved 38 unmarried women aged 35-42. The aim of the research is to understand the advantages and disadvantages of marriage in the perception of women is not functioning in the social role of his wife. The study used a variation of a case study, ie. The biographical method. The material was obtained using a modified technique. autobiographical‐narrative interview. The women behind the advantages of marriage recognized: profits arising from the operation of the social role of his wife, a greater sense of stability and security, economic benefits, the right to information about the partner is not subject to any authorizations and the opportunity to start sexual intercourse. The marriage tested for defects considered, among others: the difficulty of its end, too much responsibility, restriction of liberty, the prose of life, boredom, lack of freedom, the need to agree on everything with your spouse, predictability and lack of time for yourself.
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In situations of multilateral disintegration of the family system, social destruction of the home environment there is a need for mental and physical isolation of a child. Changing family environment for a child can bein the form of institutional care or a foster family. Vital, though not prevalent in Poland, are foster families which are serving as Children’s Emergency Shelter. This form of foster care is beneficial in terms of upbringing, socialization and mental health of children. The decision to place children or a child in a foster care can also be a serious warning for the biological family, because the elimination of social pathology in their environment, may be a necessary condition for the restoration of custody of children.
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Children struggles with the reality would be appealing adventure if they reminded a course of obstacles, where each of which seems to be within reach. It is only a matter of time and number of attempts to deal with another difficulty, and go ahead feeling a surge of power after personally defeated barrier. None of shaky and suspended high above the earth roads does not seem terrible, each of them, even this is not to gain is worth the effort, because it delivers an experience, excitement and is a source of strength to make another attempt. If so be able to overcome difficulties in life, children and their parents would be in the same team of people supporting and understanding each other, and targets would lie within easy reach. Whether this image is utopia? Can it become a participation of child and parent? If so, how to achieve it? This article is the result of searching for answers in which the signpost are assumptions developed under Solution Focused Therapy, which largely helps to find own way initiating a process of changes that might be a solution to the problem. Although it may sound strange sometimes be enough to help find their own strong hand or asmooth arm that is forgotten or lost in the mind of a child standing against obstacles seemingly insurmountable. So what is efficient strong arm or smooth shoulder when working out the homework or preparing for a test? How to help them find and use?
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Quality of life is the area which –in the changing circumstances and on each stage of life-need monitoring. Our society is aging at an alarming rate. There are more nursing houses, more old age people which live there, than is necessary make diagnosis the quality of life this people. In our research we comparison quality of life the people living in their own houses, in the Family and living in nursing houses the different region of Poland. The result show that quality of life is higher in the case of persons living in their family homes. This regularity is more characteristic by the men. The highest quality of life in persons living in their family homes was observed in the case of subjective and psycho‐social spheres and additionally – in the case of men – in a physical sphere.
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The aim of this article is to present the research on the attitude towards aging and old age. Changes in perceiving features of elderly people over the years and the stereotypes functioning in the society, considering Stereotype Content Model, have been discussed. Research findings show that the attitude towards ageing depends on the responders’ age and that elderly people present the most negative image over the senescence. The eldelry stereotyping not only has an impact on health and functioning during late-maturity, but also can lead to old people discrimination. Furthermore, it can change the way seniors perceive themselves and their age. It is a positive attitude towards one’s own senescence what heavily affects health and sense of well‐being of elderly people.
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